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Announcements
Prayers for Appointments
Bishop Shelton encourages us to pray for the Cabinet, clergy and their families, and congregations during the appointment-making season.
We will be sharing prayers over the next few weeks and encourage you to share them with your church.
Prayer for Appointment-Making Season: Disruption for the Clergy’s Children→
Prayer for Appointment-Making Season: Cross-Cultural Understanding→
Prayer for Appointment-Making Season: Language Barriers→
Prayer for Appointment-Making Season: Disparate Emotions→
Prayer for Appointment-Making Season: Grief and Disconnection→
Prayer for Appointment-Making Season: Diversity and Inclusivity→
Prayer for Appointment-Making Season: Going Forward→
Announcing Spring Quarter Lay Servant Ministries Classes
Your Lay Servant Ministries team is pleased to announce seven courses for our “spring quarter.” These classes are open and available to all UMC laity, whether or not you have taken a class with us before.
Invite a friend to join you, and get ready to deepen your UMC knowledge alongside other laity from across the conference.
Registration is open. Claim your spot today!
Basic Course in Lay Servant Ministries
Facilitated by Sandy Core and Ernest Leatherman
March 16, 2024
in-person (Oak Island)
Public Prayer
Facilitated by Rev. Vermel Taylor
March 16, 8:30am-5pm
Zoom
Basic Course in Lay Servant Ministries
Facilitated by Mamie Alley
March 23, 8am-4:30pm
in-person (Cary)
Called to Preach
Facilitated by Carl Frazier
March 23, 8am-4:30pm
in-person (Cary)
Basic Course in Lay Servant Ministries
Facilitated by Ken Ripley
April 13, 8am-4:30pm
Zoom
Sharing Your Faith
Facilitated by Ken Ripley
April 20, 8am-4:30pm
Zoom
Leading in Prayer (Public Prayer)
Facilitated by Stephan Margeson
April 27, 8am-4pm
in-person (Durham)
For the Common Good
Facilitated by Deborah Horton
May 18, 8:30-5pm
in-person (Goldsboro)
Interested in Other Courses? We are actively planning classes for the summer (June-August) quarter and we are beginning to sketch out our course offerings for the next year. If there is a specific class you need, let us know!
We hope to see you at a Lay Servant Ministries class soon!
Peace with Justice Grant Recipient Holds REI Training
Recently, Benson Memorial UMC received a Peace with Justice grant from the NC Conference Board of Church and Society to hold a Racial Equity Institute (REI) training. The grant helped to reduce the cost of the training from $375 to $85 per person.
The training will be held March 21-22, 2024, in Benson Memorial UMC’s Fellowship Hall. Sponsored by Raleigh Organizing Against Racism, the workshop moves away from a focus on personal bigotry and bias to a historical, cultural, and structural analysis of racism.
FREE Narcan for NCCUMC churches
We know that people from all walks of life are struggling with addiction. Many church members have family or friends they love and care about who strive to live drug free one day at a time. Let’s be prepared to save a life in the event that someone needs our help.
According to the Addiction Policy Forum, “Naloxone is a temporary antidote for opioid drugs which include but are not limited to heroin, fetanyl, morphine, codeine, oxycodone, hydromorphone.”
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Here a website from Olive Branch Ministry that gives details about how to safely administer naloxone/Narcan. https://olivebranchministry.org/narcan%2Fnaloxone-1
Please contact Rev. Jaye White if you’d like to add the nasal spray to your church first aid kit, or if you have any questions.
Please watch this 2 minute video to learn more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJmCfseNtsU&t=2s
2023 Annual Audit Report due
The Annual Audit Report is now ready for uploading your data for the calendar year 2023, which is due from all churches no later than August 1, 2024. You will find this report on the Conference’s Online Data Collection System.
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